No, thankfully the EU wasn't part of any deal like this. My reference was to the EU's general reputation on international deals and agreements. The UK with brexit and it's continual attempts to break the deal signed with the EU over NI is recognised very well internationally, especially by the US who have shown huge anger at Johnson's attempts to not honour what he signed in December 2020 with regards to the NI WA.

For sure the EU will ho ahead with it's own military force but unlike the US and UK they won't go 'patrolling' the south China sea which has nothing to do with them at all. What the EU will do is use the latest technology to protect it's own borders rather than go sabre rattling in someone else's back yard. The US, UK and Australian project will be doomed from the beginning as they will all start to have disagreements about the funding and as usual, the US being the biggest of the three self appointed bullies will win while the other two will pay dearly both financially and in terms of international credibility. China will soon overtake the US as the richest nation in the world and the EU is placed very well to build on the economic deals it has already.

Edited by Orange1290 (19 Sep 2021 12.13pm)

Hardly what's being proposed by the UK, US, Aus and has nothing to do with the proposed EU defence force which was the reference.

Looks like you don't even know how to hold a club, let alone 'swing' it.

It seems Orange is asleep at the wheel. A sad reflection of the EU prism through which some people filter every event.

Arguing that the EU wouldn't do exactly what it's own policy paper committed it to do last week. The French have been making freedom of navigation patrols in the SCS for many years now. The EU policy paper commits them to explore ways to ensure enhanced naval deployments by EU Member States in the region. There really isn't any more to it.

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Edited by IMMER PALACE (19 Sep 2021 1.54pm)

It seems like you and a few others on here can only see the world through dirty and broken brexit spectacles. Not surprising as many have been conned and are left without any alternative to view the world after the brexit debacle. Let's see the US and UK run away with their tales between their legs once China makes real threats that it's likely to take forward such as Taiwan. Afghanistan will be school yard fight in comparison and we all saw how the US and UK ran away in embarrassment from the beating they received there.

It seems like you and a few others on here can only see the world through dirty and broken brexit spectacles. Not surprising as many have been conned and are left without any alternative to view the world after the brexit debacle. Let's see the US and UK run away with their tales between their legs once China makes real threats that it's likely to take forward such as Taiwan. Afghanistan will be school yard fight in comparison and we all saw how the US and UK ran away in embarrassment from the beating they received there.